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IT Act to curtail sting operations
By agencies
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Wednesday, 09 November 2005, 20:30 IST
NEW DELHI: Heeding to a long demand from the industry to make privacy related laws more stringent; the government will make circulating video or still pictures of a person without permission a punishable offence.
The proposed amendments to the IT Act will make TV Channels and publications liable for prosecution. However websites and auction sites will be spared.
The government will introduce a right to privacy clause in the amendment under which any violation will entail a fine of $56,000 and an imprisonment of one year.
Financial transactions like purchase and sale of visual images will entail imprisonment of two years for those circulating the content. Under the proposed rules, no action will be taken till the person whose images are captured registers a complaint. The communication and information technology ministry will introduce the amended IT Act in the forthcoming winter session of the Parliament.